diff --git a/man/pride.6 b/man/pride.6
index bf9f913..2ddde90 100644
--- a/man/pride.6
+++ b/man/pride.6
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ The transgender pride flag designed by Monica Helms in 1999.
 .It PRIDE_DEFAULT
 A string containing the name of one or more flags to use as the default when no 
 .Ar flag
-argument is provided. If the string contains a space-separated list of flags, a random one will be selected from the list.
+argument is provided. If the string contains a semicolon-separated list of flags, a random one will be selected from the list. If a space is found in the chosen substring, it will be used to provide the
+.Ar flag
+and
+.Ar variant
+arguments.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e4d5011..f93820c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ use crate::{
 
 static VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
-pub const FLAG_HELP:	[&str;2]	= [ "-h", "--help" ];
-pub const FLAG_LIST:	[&str;2]	= [ "-l", "--list" ];
-pub const FLAG_SIZE:	[&str;2]	= [ "-s", "--size"];
-pub const FLAG_VERSION:	[&str;2]	= [ "-v", "--version" ];
+pub const FLAG_HELP:	[&str;2]	=	[ "-h", "--help" ];
+pub const FLAG_LIST:	[&str;2]	=	[ "-l", "--list" ];
+pub const FLAG_SIZE:	[&str;2]	=	[ "-s", "--size" ];
+pub const FLAG_VERSION:	[&str;2]	=	[ "-v", "--version" ];
 
 fn main() {
 	//	collect args
@@ -54,19 +54,25 @@ fn main() {
 
 	let state = State::new(&mut args);
 
-	let subcommand =
-		if let Ok(Some(subcommand)) = args.subcommand() { Some(subcommand) }
+	let ( subcommand, variant ) =
+		if let Ok(Some(subcommand)) = args.subcommand() { ( Some(subcommand), args.subcommand().unwrap()) }
 		else if let Ok(default) = var("PRIDE_DEFAULT") {
-			if default.is_empty() { None }
-			else if default.contains(' ') {
-				let split: Vec<&str> = default.split(' ').collect();
+			if default.is_empty() { ( None, None ) }
+			else if default.contains(';') {
+				let split: Vec<&str> = default.split(';').collect();
 				if let Ok(time) = UNIX_EPOCH.elapsed() {
 					let index = oorandom::Rand32::new(time.as_secs()).rand_u32();
-					Some(split[index as usize % split.len()].to_owned())
-				} else { None }
-			} else { Some(default) }
-		} else { None };
-	let variant = args.subcommand().unwrap();
+					let chosen = split[index as usize % split.len()].to_owned();
+					if chosen.contains(' ') {
+						let split: Vec<&str> = chosen.split(' ').collect();
+						( Some(split[0].to_owned()), Some(split[1].to_owned()) )
+					} else { ( Some(chosen), None ) }
+				} else { ( None, None ) }
+			} else if default.contains(' ') {
+				let split: Vec<&str> = default.split(' ').collect();
+				( Some(split[0].to_owned()), Some(split[1].to_owned()) )
+			} else { ( Some(default), None ) }
+		} else { ( None, None ) };
 
 	//	get color vec from matched flag
 	let flag: Flag = match subcommand.as_deref() {